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Aaj Ka Panchang August 11, 2026 — Today's Tithi & Rahu Kaal (New Delhi)
Aaj Ka Panchang for August 11, 2026 in New Delhi: Krishna Chaturdashi, Nakshatra Punarvasu, sunrise 05:48 AM, Rahu Kaal 03:46 PM–05:25 PM, Abhijit Muhurat, Choghadiya & Hora. Free Hindu Panchang by city — Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri.
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आज का पंचांग · August 11, 2026 · New Delhi: Krishna Chaturdashi, नक्षत्र Punarvasu, राहुकाल 03:46 PM–05:25 PM। सूर्योदय 05:48 AM, सूर्यास्त 07:05 PM।
Aaj Ka Panchang for Tuesday, August 11, 2026 in New Delhi: Tithi is Krishna Chaturdashi. Nakshatra is Punarvasu. Yoga is Siddhi. Karana is Vishti. Rahu Kaal runs 03:46 PM–05:25 PM local time. Timings use local sunrise for this city (Lahiri / Swiss Ephemeris).
Panchang means "five limbs", and the name is the definition: it is a daily almanac built from five specific astronomical quantities. TITHI, the lunar day, derived from the angular distance between the Moon and the Sun. VAAR, the weekday. NAKSHATRA, the lunar mansion the Moon currently occupies. YOGA, computed from the combined longitudes of the Sun and Moon. And KARANA, half a tithi. Every panchang you have ever seen — printed, app, temple noticeboard — is those five numbers plus whatever the publisher chose to add around them.
The single most important thing to understand about a panchang is that its day does not begin at midnight. It begins at SUNRISE, and it runs to the next sunrise. That is why a tithi is said to be "current at sunrise" and why an event before dawn belongs to the previous panchang day. It is also why a panchang is location-specific: sunrise in Kolkata and sunrise in Ahmedabad differ by roughly an hour, so the same date genuinely produces different panchang tables in the two cities.
The other consequence of that anchoring is the sub-day windows people actually check — Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika Kaal, Abhijit Muhurat, Brahma Muhurta. All of these are computed by dividing the interval between sunrise and sunset (or sunrise and the next sunrise) into fixed portions, which means every one of them shifts with your latitude and the season. A Rahu Kaal timing copied from a Delhi almanac is simply wrong in Chennai, and this is the most common error in everyday panchang use.
The five limbs — what each one is and how it is computed
Every panchang reduces to these five quantities. Each is a defined astronomical calculation, not an interpretation.
Tithi — the lunar day
The angular separation between the Moon and the Sun, divided by 12°. There are 30 tithis in a lunar month, 15 in each paksha. Because the Moon's speed varies, a tithi is not a fixed number of hours — it can run from roughly 19 to 26 hours.
Vaar — the weekday
The seven-day cycle, each day ruled by a graha: Sunday the Sun, Monday the Moon, Tuesday Mars, Wednesday Mercury, Thursday Jupiter, Friday Venus, Saturday Saturn. The panchang weekday runs sunrise to sunrise, not midnight to midnight.
Nakshatra — the lunar mansion
Which of the 27 divisions of 13°20′ the Moon occupies. The Moon covers about 13°10′ a day, so the nakshatra changes roughly daily — and the changeover time is what a panchang reports.
Yoga — the Sun–Moon sum
The combined sidereal longitudes of the Sun and Moon, divided by 13°20′, giving 27 yogas. Distinct from the yogas of natal astrology — this is a panchang quantity with the same name. Several of the 27 are traditionally avoided for auspicious work.
Karana — half a tithi
Each tithi divides into two karanas, giving 11 types across the lunar month — four fixed and seven that repeat. The one everyone checks is Vishti, known as BHADRA, avoided for beginnings.
Everything else on the page
Rahu Kaal, Abhijit, Choghadiya, Hora, sunrise and sunset, moonrise, the paksha, the lunar month — all derived quantities layered on top of the five limbs, and all location-dependent.
Why your panchang differs from someone else's
Two panchangs for the same date routinely disagree, and the disagreements have specific, identifiable causes rather than being errors.
Different city
The largest single cause. Sunrise across India varies by well over an hour east to west, and every sunrise-anchored quantity moves with it — including all of the sub-day windows.
Different ayanamsa
Lahiri is the Indian government standard and what AskSoma uses. Raman and Krishnamurti differ by a fraction of a degree, which can shift a nakshatra changeover time by minutes — occasionally enough to move it across sunrise and change the reported day.
Amanta vs Purnimanta month
South Indian tradition ends the lunar month at the new moon; North Indian tradition ends it at the full moon. The same day therefore carries different MONTH names in the two systems while the tithi is identical.
True vs mean positions
Some almanacs use mean rather than true planetary longitudes for certain quantities, which shifts changeover times slightly. A drik (observation-based) panchang and a traditional one can genuinely differ.
Which moment is reported
Some sources report the tithi current at sunrise; others report the tithi occupying most of the day. On a day when a tithi changes mid-morning, these give different answers — both correctly, by their own convention.
What this means for you
Where your family or temple uses a particular almanac, use theirs for ceremonies. A calculated panchang is accurate to its stated conventions; matching your community's convention matters more than being right in the abstract.
Computing the tithi by hand, and finding Rahu Kaal
Tithi first. The rule: take the Moon's sidereal longitude minus the Sun's, wrap the result into 0–360°, divide by 12°, and add 1. Suppose the Moon is at 145° and the Sun at 100°. The difference is 45°. Divide by 12: 3.75. Add 1 and take the whole number: tithi 4 — Chaturthi. And because 145 − 100 is less than 180°, this falls in the waxing half, so it is Shukla Chaturthi.
Note the consequence of the arithmetic: at full moon the separation is 180°, which is tithi 15 (Purnima); at new moon it wraps to 0° and gives Amavasya. The whole system is one subtraction and one division.
Now Rahu Kaal, which is the quantity most people actually look up. The rule: divide the interval from sunrise to sunset into eight equal parts. Which part is Rahu Kaal depends on the weekday — the 8th part on Sunday, the 2nd on Monday, the 7th on Tuesday, the 5th on Wednesday, the 6th on Thursday, the 4th on Friday, and the 3rd on Saturday.
Worked: a Tuesday with sunrise at 06:00 and sunset at 18:30. The day is 12 hours 30 minutes, so each of the eight parts is 93.75 minutes. Tuesday takes the 7th part, which begins 6 × 93.75 = 562.5 minutes after sunrise — that is 9 hours 22.5 minutes, so 15:22 — and ends 93.75 minutes later at about 16:56.
Now move the same Tuesday to a city where sunrise is 06:45 and sunset 18:15. The day is 11 hours 30 minutes, each part 86.25 minutes, and the 7th part runs from about 15:22 to 16:48 — different by several minutes, from nothing but a change of location. On a longer seasonal difference the gap widens considerably.
Both computations are arithmetic you can check. The Rahu Kaal example is also the practical warning: these windows are derived from YOUR sunrise, so a timing copied from another city's almanac is simply the wrong window.
What this tool can NOT tell you
A panchang is astronomical bookkeeping, not a forecast. It tells you the tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana, weekday, and the derived windows for a place and date. It does not predict your day, and any almanac that adds a daily prediction has added something that is not panchang.
Every timing here is location-specific. Rahu Kaal, Abhijit, Choghadiya, and the sunrise-anchored day boundary all derive from your local sunrise and sunset. Using another city's timings is the most common everyday panchang error, and the difference across India is easily an hour.
Panchangs legitimately disagree. Ayanamsa choice, Amanta versus Purnimanta reckoning, true versus mean positions, and which moment is reported all produce real differences. Where your family or temple follows a particular almanac, follow theirs for ceremonies rather than arguing with it.
Inauspicious periods are traditional conventions, not physics. Rahu Kaal is a classical rule about a portion of the day, and nothing measurable distinguishes those ninety minutes from any other. Many people observe it, and observing it is a cultural practice rather than a protection.
Do not use a panchang to delay something that should not wait. Medical care, safety, and time-sensitive obligations belong in the world of consequences, not conventions — and a tradition that would have you postpone a doctor's appointment is being misapplied.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa · Content reviewed 2026-08-08
Frequently asked questions
What are the five parts of a panchang?
Tithi (the lunar day, from the Moon–Sun angular separation divided by 12°), Vaar (the weekday), Nakshatra (which of the 27 lunar mansions the Moon occupies), Yoga (from the combined Sun and Moon longitudes), and Karana (half a tithi). Everything else on a panchang page — Rahu Kaal, Choghadiya, Abhijit, sunrise and sunset — is derived from these plus your location.
Why does the panchang change by city?
Because the panchang day runs from sunrise to sunrise rather than from midnight, and every sub-day window is computed by dividing the interval between sunrise and sunset. Sunrise varies by well over an hour across India, so Rahu Kaal, Abhijit, Choghadiya, and even which tithi is current at sunrise can all differ between two cities on the same date.
How is tithi calculated?
Subtract the Sun's sidereal longitude from the Moon's, wrap the result into the range 0–360°, divide by 12°, and add one. That gives the tithi number from 1 to 30. Because the Moon's speed varies through its orbit, a tithi is not a fixed length — it can run from roughly 19 to 26 hours, which is why changeover times matter.
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